Hi Everyone, Happy Summer. This is my very favorite season. There is something about waking up to blue skies knowing that I can just pop on shorts and go for a walk in the morning with my dog, Mabel. It is so peacefully wonderful. Mabel enjoying the cool tile. My May show at the Sierra… Continue reading Hooray for Summer!
Author: Holly Gardner
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New Year Greetings
Good Morning, I have been busy this year and wanted to share my work and show schedule for the year as well as some art specials which may interest you. This will be a long blog so bear with me. Last year I went to a seminar with Andrea Brokenshire to learn to paint silk.… Continue reading New Year Greetings
Happy Thanksgiving
Hello Everyone, Yes, it has been awhile since I posted anything. I did drop off the planet for a spell. I have been taking care of my husband, Bryan, who had a big heart surgery in June. This was the second surgery in which June of 2022 was the first. I am happy to say… Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Summer
Good Morning Everyone,I’ve been delinquent in my postings. I’m sorry for that. My husband had surgery. We needed to travel to St. Helena, California just outside of Napa. We were there for a week. The scenery was quite stunning. I am happy to report that his surgery went well and he is recuperating. To be… Continue reading Happy Summer
From Montréal
Bonjour Everyone! This blog will be rather short. I’m writing to you from Montréal, Canada. This city is amazing even with all the rain. The people are friendly and accommodating even with my poor French language skills. So far Bryan and I have gone to the Museum of Fine Arts. I took this interesting photo… Continue reading From Montréal
Road to California
Hi Everyone,Last week I was in Pacific Grove, California for an art/quilting retreat on painting silk with Andrea Brokenshire. The Empty Spools classes were held at the Asilomar in Pacific Grove. I chose to paint a Lady Slipper. This is Andrea’s Lady Slipper to which I am trying to emulate. Here is my partially painted… Continue reading Road to California
The Best Laid Plans
How do I tell you this….. Recall, I said I was not doing any shows this year…. Well. I fibbed.I was invited to do the Spring Spruce Up show at the East Fork Gallery in Gardnerville in Conjunction with one other guest artist Stephan Sandor who is a Ceramics artist. The invitation is an honor… Continue reading The Best Laid Plans
January is gone….
Rounding out the month of January, I worked on a class on Udemy.com called Introduction to Monochrome and Color Drawing Art Media by KateAllkinds.art. In this course, I learned about all kinds of drawing mediums from pencils to ink to pastels and markers to water pencils. Every project was a coffee cup or tea cup… Continue reading January is gone….
Welcome to 2023
Do you ever wish you could take a year to just create for the sake of creating? Possibly travel and take some art classes or seminars? This year in 2023, I am taking a Sabbatical. I have never done this. I will still blog and take photos of my work and inspiration. In other words… Continue reading Welcome to 2023